"Wanaomba mkate."

[DiegoJaviUnlam]

Etymology (mkate)

From -kata ‎(“cut”).

Noun

mkate (m-mi class, plural mikate)

1) bread

2) loaf

From Wiktionary: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mkate

[Lucio976290]

Wouldn't this be logical if it read "wanataka mkate"? Because "wanaomba mkate" should be like "they are asking for bread"

[BhamSwahillian]

Yeahh think both "would like" and "ask for" works here.

[Drasher]

let them eat cake, etc etc

[vitoreiji]

Can kuomba be used for "to order", as in "they order bread"?

[BettinaKre]

Kuomba is used for " asking for" in other examples. Why not here?